Obama campaign struggles to explain ‘revenge’ remark — CINCINNATI — A seemingly offhand utterance from President Obama has turned into a major point of contention between the two campaigns, as Team Obama tries to explain what the president meant when he told a crowd of supporters that “Voting is the best revenge.”

Obama assails Romney on Jeep ads in Ohio — President Obama kicked off the final weekend of his reelection campaign at a rally in Ohio, where he continued to slam Mitt Romney for claiming Jeep was sending jobs to China. — At the first of his four campaign rallies Saturday …

OBAMA'S CLEVELAND RALLY ATTENDANCE 20X LOWER THAN 2008 — Last night, in the cold and with long lines, 30,000 people showed up in Ohio to see Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan. That same day, Obama attracted a meager 2,800. But enthusiasm for President FailureTeleprompter can be judged by more than comparisons with Romney.

‘Swift-Boating’ of Obama fails — Obama should have been destroyed by now. That was the plan. — He was going to be “Swift Boated” in this election, just like John Kerry was in 2004. — It would be about Benghazi, where on Sept. 11 of this year, U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed.

Exclusive: Christie was Mitt's first choice for VP — One of the most tantalizing subplots of the 2012 campaign has been the curious and sometimes controversial performances of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Now, campaign insiders tell POLITICO that Christie was Mitt Romney's first choice …

Akin was Arrested at Least Eight Times in 1980's — Missouri Republican Senate candidate Rep. Todd Akin was arrested at least eight times in the 1980s at anti-abortion protests, according to newly obtained records. — That is four arrests in addition to four the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported …

FEMA TAPS PRIVATE VENDORS TO MEET SANDY VICTIM'S NEEDS — FEMA's vaunted “lean forward” strategy that called for advanced staging of supplies for emergency distribution failed to live up to its billing in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. — In fact, the agency appears …

A Story Told Before — Oliver Stone's recycled leftist history of the United States — Two years ago, Oliver Stone announced that he was preparing to make a documentary about recent American history. It premieres on the CBS-owned cable network Showtime on November 12. Titled

Hurricane Sandy helped Obama politically, Karl Rove says — Hurricane Sandy's impact on the East Coast this week gave President Obama a political advantage during the final week of the campaign, Republican strategist Karl Rove said in an interview on Friday. — (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Virginia voter fraud case expands to focus on GOP firm — The investigation into the arrest of a man on charges of dumping voter registration forms last month in Harrisonburg, Va., has widened, with state officials probing whether a company tied to top Republican leaders had engaged …

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